Car-coupling



"E. H. M OORMA'Nu Car-Coupling.

Patented June. 8, I880.

ILPETERQ PHOTO-UTNOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. D C,

TINTTET) STATES PATENT @FTTcE,

ELI H. MOORMAN, OF WALNUT TOWVNSHIP, MADISON COUNTY, IOWA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,469, dated. June 8,1880.

Application filed January '7, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELI H. MOORMAN, of Walnuttownship, in the county of Madison and State of Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Couplings; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a front view ofmy im proved coupling; Fig. 2, a central longitudinal vertical sectionof the same; Fig. 3, a bottom-plan view; Fig. 4, a top view with theplatform of the car removed.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the classof car-couplings adapted to be automatically coupled and uncoupledwithout a person going between the cars; and to this end the inventionconsists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, all as will be hereinafter fully described, and specificallypointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A represents a movable bumper, adapted to work in agroove formed in the top of the main body of the coupler, and projectingover the rear end thereof on each side, and having notches N N, toreceive the connecting-arms D D of a double lever, B, said bumper beingheld in position by a staple, a, near its rear end.

The lever B passes around the front end of the coupler, and is pivotedthereto at the point I), the arms I) of said lever passing along thesides of the body of the coupler, and connected at their rear ends by apivoted crossbar, I, to which is connected the rear end of a lever, O,carrying at its forward end the coupling pin X, having an enlarged headworking loosely in a slot formed in the forward end of the lever 0, saidpin passing up through the coupler from the bottom.

E represents a link-adjuster passing transversely through an opening inthe coupler just back of the pin X, and the arms of said link-adjusterare pivoted to the sides of the coupler and provided with lugs orprojections c, resting on top of the arms of the lever B, in

front of the connecting-arms D D of said lever. The link-adjusterishollowed out on the under side to receive the coupling-link.

K represents a chain, connected at one end near the rear end of thebuffer A, passing forward and under a pulley, R, set in the frame-workof the car, and connected to a right-angled lever, L, pivoted to thecar, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The car is uncoupled by drawing the bumper or buffer A outward throughthe medium of the lever and chain, which movement, through the medium ofthe connecting-arms D D, raising the rear end of the levers B 0, causesthe link-adjuster to be raised off the link and the pin X to be drawndown out of the coupler, thus releasing the coupling-link.

The cars are automatically connected by the bumper being forced back bya bumper on the next car coming in contact therewith, thus producing areverse movement of the levers B O, forcing the adjusting-link down onthe coupling-link and the coupling-pin up through it.

In case of the cars running off of the track or accidentally breaking ordropping througha bridge, the coupling-link will become cramped upon thefront end of lever B by the weight of the car, which will raise the rearend of the levers B O,'thus drawing out the coupling-pin, and uncouplethe falling car; but said lever B will resist all pressure from thecoupling-link when the-cars are running on the track.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a car-coupling, thecombination, with the movable bumper A, of the pivoted double lever B,provided with the upwardly-projectin g arms D D, and the pivoted leverC, carrying a coupling-pin adapted to enter the coupling-link frombelow, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a car-coupler, the combination, with the movable bumper A, of thepivoted double lever B, having the projecting arms D D, and thelink-adjuster E, pivoted to the sides of the coupling-bar, and havingits arms pro+ vided with projections e, resting" on the arms of thelever 13, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown anddescribed.

3. In a car-coupler, the combination of the movable and notched bumperA, pivoted dorr ble lever B, having the arms I) D, and pivoted lever O,carrying the coupling-pin X, pivoted link-adjuster E, chain K, and leverL, all constructed and relatively arranged to operate substantially inthe manner herein shown and 10 described.

ELI H. MODE-MAN.

Witnesses WILLIAM HEDGE, J osnrn J AMES GASTON.

